Cembrit Glendyne natural slate brings the home of fossils to life, by
adding distinctive style, character, and impressive performance to The
Etches Collection museum roof in Kimmeridge.

The Etches Collection lies in the beautiful village of Kimmeridge, an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty along the Dorset coastline. Listed as
one of the twelve new museums to visit in 2016, it houses the collection
of Steve Etches MBE, who collected and researched over 2,000 late
Jurassic Kimmeridgian fossils over 30 years. The museum uses a blend of
modern and traditional materials which gives the property a timeless
appeal, whilst also complementing the natural beauty of its
surroundings.

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, charitable trusts, and the local
community, the building was designed to fulfil a number of sustainable
criteria. London-based architect, Kennedy O'Callaghan Architects
presented the planners and Kimmeridge Trust with roofing samples to
review, which resulted in Cembrit Glendyne slates being specified.

Janie Price from Kennedy O’Callaghan Architects comments “Glendyne
slates, together with Haysom Purbeck Stone, have successfully blended
the museum into the surrounding traditional cottages. The slates allow
the design to fit the traditional vernacular whilst its detailing is
contemporary.”

Glendyne is a high-quality slate that combines first-class
performance with surprisingly attractive value for money. This is
largely a result of the high yields achieved at the quarry. The
combination of relatively easy to extract material and one of the most
modern slate processing and quality control creates a product that
offers high quality with a low production cost. The quarry operates a
quality management system based on EN ISO 9001 which is externally
audited. This standard is adhered to rigidly, as are all the quality
standard procedures required by each regional market the quarry
supplies. The result is Glendyne is possibly the most independently
accredited natural slate. Available exclusively from Cembrit in the UK,
Glendyne is a distinctive blue-grey colour.

Glendyne slates are tested to BS EN European standard, BS EN
12326-1:2014 which requires many of the laboratory tests (‘type
testing’) to be performed at least annually and the factory production
control (FPC) performed and recorded as a matter of routine by the
producer.